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ROLLA. PHELPS COUNTY. MISSOURI, No 10, 1861.
P" ' " M " MgMgjUiMgaM- - r 111 II l !! II TVWJW-MTrirWirwr- Wl I !!! miiiimmim
Written for tho Exr-KESS- .
ON SlUGD. v--'
To aid frn, to an'I fro, train?, tramp tramp ;
To i-- nd fro ! wly I go over my louely beat.
Arnun.l the slo 'pin.; camp.
Calm aid sfill 11 tho au umn nigM,
Tided ling jiince- - bug tUi Minnriims light,
And 'ho credent' mi n down tho western skies
Is i-lo- wly
i-ail- ing 1volu fight.
"Wuhiii. no iim-mun-uc
dm ia hoard
From ' b o c nop whire n then-an- d soldiers sleep
Wilhout,nu twircerol any bud;
No no'ses toVeafc tho tili-ne- c deep :
Siv-- : the oik I'mvoi' sih bi the Z'jphyr stirred
Ana tne Kiiyuia 5 q utuious pat'p.
Kvcs do your Juty now. fei-t,f.i-- oc nob to more
He.irt, rcui-'iub'- T civ pairi jt vow,
YuarV is ii duty of lnvc.
Tramp, trnip, train,, no pro-wlin-g
fpy nius
p.l 5.
TriRi;.), tramp, trunp, though a deadly missil
ai'rlijd
By stmio oo wardl v, creeping niVe in rhe grass
Slay ti iit--h mi life, nnil send mi!,!i ad!
To imothor beat in iin-.tlie- r world.
Well, it to ni.-h-t 1 m rhalienfrsd by
The ai.geli ihit gua d lho hexvenly lino,
J A moiher'-- . pr.ivers are rising that I
May h.ive theco utegi.
,Oni tht.ig 1 kn iw: it 1 aio t.-ni- ht,
! Asd wain a mora th 9 hj.nti ul eirth,
t I know 1 shall die in del-i- re ;' the right
! ot jt g--
. for irnat it is wor.h.
t Hxiittp, tr.ijji), trvino, ihoug'u the night grows
uni Jy and Jimp,
How cm I h.lii i' if ranimry sj"e3
.
B-wS-c
ro tne ti in 'i vrhero rl fri nds renoso
V ."Kin I U--ft for a nU'ii in iho nay.
lii.w .ai I holp is if mii'n.rles ro
And echo the pa---- t jc'.v ovit vg in?
Whilo tb.jl:u.-ten--i.r:l,vt,h.ij.,'!- H-i t'--at rm !
'uthsera'tdetcf wed. ' I; anient h'Vn buen."
Ah 1-b- .e h,".pv m iiwut. ta t u .to bjjii,
' OL ! iho I aptrer hours ill it mi it b:,
. Bin o'Uo I t-i- .i g:u a.'id I :hinii asua,
'j' : .r, it woul.i h ivo bo n a o i ivardly .im,
If Ih'iIu'!bou.nie a U. 3.V.
Tiua wo a m i a.-o!t!- ie f.it ind lot,
V. ii jtn .v I !7e r vrhi'ih'T fdio,
5f I hv it lhiOu;h, ail rijt. if not,
Hmj. friend-- , anlau thuret, j-.-- d Bye.
Camp Kolla, .Nov,9 'iil. Xt'aaKK 20
HOW A VOLUNTEER FEELS I3ST
i BATTLE.
Toe followinirgrap'iio iJescrip'.ion of
tho bitrlti cf jioutet-ey- , by returne.;
vd-.ter- n volunteer, way not be oac of
p'.-ic- e ht tlie present time.
' Thunder !' s -.- i I h -- , ' yoa may talk
aboiU your yciiihqQ'kes u;id tuu, bat,
1 can teli you whi, ou real, yiniwiiie
hcrimtaHge". lik-i-
- wo bad ''t Mouierey, is
worth alt the Fourth of .Julys that wu-- .
ev-j- r knocked in'o one. There ain't
nothin in cre-itso- a like ic. Gsuin tice
on biaady naAsheri makes a m.ia hoi
pretty cousiaiab!e eljvated lor awhile
it's very inspiriu for a man oijJivdy
imagination but if you waat Yd l'ei
talier than a shot tower, Ligw-- thau an
elephant, and stronger tbauajickai-.- -
if you want to ftel like you cuuid pull
uji a tree by the root-i- , and sweep all
c:eation into kingdom, cuiu iui the
bruchy ecnd if you want to sea further,
hear better, and holler louder, jump
higher, ana step further and qui.kei
than ever you did in your life all you'v-.-go- t
to do is jest to take a haad-orii- h old
Zick at theui infarnal ilexiwns, and be
ordered up )0 the pints of their lunoe
anl Layonets, like' we was at Monte-rey.'
Did vou feel skeered, Bob ?'
Sfceer'd, the thunder !' bays he, I,
didn't have no time to leel (keer'd. Tu
be sure, I felt a little skitiuh, when 1
6eed we was-gwine- to have it sureenuff.
Perhaps I did feel a little weak ia the
jinW when I eeed the oiiieers uubiittou-'in- g
their shirt collars, and the men
throwin away their canteens and haver-6ack- 8,
as they was marchia iita strait
tip to them ar works whar the grcaiets
was waitlu for ns,-ever-y
devil with his
gun pinled and bis finger on the trigger.
1 knowed they was gwine to let us have
it, and 1 felt monstrous 'unerby till it
,cum when 1 heard the ball- - whistle
round my hed, and eee the dust fly fiom
the pavement whar they struck, when
the whole btieet was in a bluzoof Hie,
and the men was tlroppin ronndjme like
sine-pin- s iu a ball alley after a tea strike
when the roaiiu of the cannons, the
rattlin of the muskets, the bpi'llin of the
nurses, and the shouts and groans -- of
the msn, was all mixed np, to 1 could --
tt't tell one fiom t'other, 1 never tho't
of nothin but gettin at. the curses what
was hid behind ifije "walls", and iubb.sh,
in the houses, on the roofs,' and in the
cellars, givin pertickler goss.'
' Yoa didn't feel 'i'raid nono i thin'
'--
x'd a lutle feUer, who hadn't shut his
mouth or took his eyes off the speaker
for tdi rainits.
"Fluid the mischief! How could I !
Wasn't old , ak thar, on his old milk
hos.s, prancing around 'mong the pla-toons
and columns a giviu' In's orders
like nothin' via the matter? Ah! boys,
game like his is ketchin jest like the
mea-sels- , and one look from old ack,
when he's got his dander up would
make a wom-i- n f-gh- t like a wild cat.
lie's the man to fisjht volunteers.
TWs no ned of asUndin' army when
he's in command, for he'd make the
giee;Yie- -t volunteers that ever shouldered
a mnakit stand ngin the whole Mexican
nation, lei on by a'l the ginerals they
cm muster. The boys know be don't
never Mu-rende-r,
.and .they don't think
of sich a thing themselves.'
CnriNo Before hs was hcbt, In
the Michigan First was a goo 1 natured
and jocose Irifhman, uamed P.it Salli-va- u.
Iu the early part of the battle of
B'dl Run, the hcid w&3 swept cloan off
one of his comiades in ba'tle, the.quiv
eiinr trunk staggering Pat in its tali.
At this he said nothing, but clenched
his teeth and nerved his heart for the
coirest. Soon after a spent ball diverg-ed
oil" a tree, struck and shattered the
liht forefinger ot'anotbet young rain,
who immediately tlirew aw.iv --hi mus-ket
and ran frantically round, shaking
tic wounded limb nnd crying tne whilo
Pat seeing him, ran and laid his hand
on his shoulder, oying out in a vo;ce
that was heard lond above the rattle of
mdl arms). " Blosht your sowl, you
owld woman, shtop your cryin' ! yot
m ike more noise about it than the man
tint losht his head !" Peace to the
asVes of poor Pat, he soon after unmnr-muringl- y
followed his headless com-lad- e.
A Oooi. Dutchmaw A cunning old
Dutchman was a member of the Pen-nsvlvan-i.
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Legislature some years ago.
from county. On one occasion
he promised a loby member to vote for
a certain lo-'.a- l raeture ; but when the
bill cam-- up he voted against it, and- - it
ws los.t. The lohby member came to
hill in great wrath, and the following
coll qny ensued : '"Sir, you promised
to vote for my bill " Veil," haid the,
Dn'ch member, -- veil, vat if I did Vf
"Well, Mr. vou voted against it." ' Vk
vatifldhi?" 'VTeli, bir, you lied"
"veil, vat if I did ?" was the cool le-pl- y. r
"Where is the Flag ? It would seem
that i he Head Quarters of --this post
should Im adorned by the glorious em-blem
our beloved country.. One good
look at the good old ensign might have
a salutary effect upon --the rebellious
heaits of many who, perhaps, remem-ber
the days when we were all content
to abide by the lawsofoiir country,
and were ready to fight under one flag.
Many, who in iheir blindness have been
led astray, might be won back to the
nutria of lovaltv. hv its silent admoni.
tions. When iloses lifted the serpent
in the wilderness, the people looked up-on
it and were healed.
Segismnnd Fellner, one of a weal-thy
Jewish family residing at Mainz,
Germany, arrived in in this country a
few w-e- k- s'.nce, with 10,000 in gold
and 40,000 in watches and jewelry for
trade, and took lodging at preseott
EIou-e- , New York. On the 15 th u't.
he left the houte with his baggage, iu
company with another person unknown
to tne landlord, and that waa heard of
him. His qody has uow been" found
fl ja'.irjg.r in the Passaic river at Ivliddle-r- o
wri, N. J., bearing the marks of stabs
in twenty places. He was doubtless
decoyed away, murdered and robbed ;
aud the police are somewhat puzzled
how they may unravel, the mysteiy and
find the giutl parties.
'JIy son," said a desoendont of
St, Patrick, to the heir of his principles
and his stick "take this bhiilaleh, and
wheuever you see a fight, go in -- wheu-ever
you see a head hit ic. You Bee a
may not alwaye be'right, but 'tis better
to bo sometimes wrong than too late at
a shindy."
CUi.GiSIit'SEL'S EXPEDITION JO TEXAS COC&'Tl. ,'
jit We have been permitted to pern-- ;
the official report of Ool. N. irreusd
commander of .the 36th Regiment 111,
Voluuteers, and the leader of at ex-pedition
which left EoIIj, on Friday,
Nov. 1st. The expedition consoled o-forty-f-ive
Kansa9 Rangers, "under Oopt,
Wood, detachment3 of Cos. A and U
Cavalry, uud-j- r (7apt. Smith and Lxnr.
Sherer, detachments of Infantry from
Cna. R and R, all oF. riA T-hiivt,.J ;.l. .--
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and 214 picked men from the 4th Iowa
under command of Major Eiigii.-di-, em-bracing
in all four hundred and seventv
two men. It was reported that Col
Tom Feeman and Capt. H. L-n- ox
were committing depredations upon
Union msn in Texas and Dent Coun-ties,
and the boys set out with a deter-mination
to bag a few, whuh they did.
On the 3 1. the Colonel found Spciie t
llitchtl, Quartermaster General iu Mc-Bride- 's
division. Capt. Wood's men
found Capt. Nichol of th? rebel army,
who had lost a leg at Wilson's Cieek
Steven A Taylor, Inspector Geneial of
McBride's Division, was made a pii-sonp- r
not far from G n. M:Bride's res-idence.
A llr. Maple, a rank seces-sionist,
was also taken prisoner with
five horses. A rebel Lieut, came for
ward and took the oath. Two fugitives
nameuj. "jno- a-tner uui uruutk.uiiuuriiH- -:m were
bhot dead after being called upoa f-ev- en
or eight times to halt. Capt. Burden'i
command captured a beaier ot letters
from McBride's camp, which contained
some interesting documents. Mis.
Hamilton Lenox was made a prisoner
at Maple's- - S'.ore. Sergeant Wilcox
made a prisoner of McSpadden, former
circuit clerk of that county, and a cip-tai- n
iii the C. S army. We make th
following extM'Jt from the rep ri :
Nov. 5th. The peoplb of Houston
were very much alarmed this morniag
at the sight of the Federal troop
thinking that the town was to bapi.la.
ed and burned, the womea dehveied
over to the lusts of the troops, an 1 th"
children murdered. So much for the
lying accounts brought to an ignorant,
misguided, bsckwoois peopl?, by ths-lyin- g
and treacherous destroyers of our
country's peace and prosperity.
Several women fainted through fear,
others hid in cellars and closets, many
collected together in g oups likj fright-ened
sheep, aud m.iny flt--d to the hous-es
of their nearest Union ne:g!.bors
thinking in them to find their only
caance oi protection irom tneirinuumau
invaders. Very great was the astonih-men- t
manifested by these people o.i
learning the "utter ground ietsness of
their fears, that our troops were kind-arhete- d
men, ti eating friend and un-armed
foe alike.
The Colonel commanding spent the
day in vuiting nearly every house in
the town, quieting the fears of the peo-ple,
and making friends to our troop--an- d
cause of nearly all the inhabitants
of the town men, women and children.
E-wl-y
this morning the glorious Flag
of the Union was placed upn the T'xa
County Court Honse, and the folio w-proclam- ation
issued:
PROCLAMATION.
Tothe people of the Town of Houston
and County of Texas, in the State
of Missouri.
I have this day placd upon your
heautiful Court House the '-Fl- ag of our
Union." I leave it in your charge and
I protection. If taken down by rebel
hands, I will return here and pillagd
eveiy honeui lown, owned by Seces- -
-- iouis. or tho-- e whose sympathies are
rilh tin? lebcls. Avy outrage ht'reaft.r
nnunitted upon Union men or their
'unities, will biretnmed upon Seces- -
ioui-i'.- s two-fol- d. All property taken
'otu U'lion m"n by lehelsin or out of
--.he county, muvt be rt turned imme-li- -
ttely. I hoie'-i-y srive the rebels ten days
o make good all the losses sustained bv
Union fani'lio in Texas County. . If
om plied with, peace will be ns'ore.d to
onr county. If neglected, the consa- -
pjences ba upon your own heads.
I ha'l s"n return to your oonnry,
and see that this proclamation is com
plied with t the letter.
If you wait for me to do ic, I will do
it with a vengeance.
N Gredseij,
Col. Commanriing Expedition.
Houston, Texas Co., Mo.,
November 5:h, 1S6L
Potomac and Buttermilk. An a-mu;i- ng
f-to- ry is told by some Dubuque
boys of the " Fiist" about the changes
which a certain password underwent
viout the time of the ban Is of Sring-riel- d.
One of the D.ibuque officers,
whose duty it was to finnuh thf guard
with a password for the night, gave th
word "Potomac." A German on guard,
not under-tandin- e HiViiic'ly th? liiffer-nc- e
between the B and P. undo-st'j- o 1
it to be "Bottomic," and this, in being
transferred to tnoth-'r- , vas corrupted to
BitTerndlk." Soon afterward, the
officer who had given the word wished
'o return through the !inr,s, aud ap-proaching
a-enti- nel, wascidered lo li-- lt,
and the word aemauaea. no gave--r- u
fomnc.."
"Nicht right you don't pass mit me
dis way."
"But this is the word and I willpacs "
"No, you stan," at the same time plac-ing
a b-ivon-e:
at his breast in a nvmner
that told Mr. Officer that "Potomac'
didn't pass in Missouri.
"Wmt i the word, then ?"
"Buttermilk, d n von."
"Well, then. Buttermilk, d n yon."
"Difis rght; now you pass rai:
youi self all about your hizaesi."
The joke became one of the laughablo
incidents of the campaign.
rjrVTT, v. MHITA"ftY LA..
The N Y. Eve Post scents the id?a of
confining military operation to the u-- e
2:cs of Civil Law. Thi writer savs, ri'l-'tar- y
operitiou to 'lie ivag's of c-iv- ii
lawThp writer sa'S mditrv law i "th
will of the commandr."fle savs. If the
fiomn'andinq; general hid atvry stp
tolcok at thi latest 'ct of Ciingrpss, and
the niomrit i-- s pvovi"ons did not cover
it eme-a:enc- v, if h" had lo stop thee
and then, and senl messetiErcvs to the
PK'sideit fr instructions lp misht a'
well, and indeed "nch bjttcr. pi ay at
homo. The qictniv of a comniand'T ma-kin- s:
sn attick ncoorrlins to wt of Ciin-r-e-- s,
rrststin tho cne'ny within the
limit nf ilio Pip.sidfnt'fi instrnntions.
spizing no advantage without re-mis-ci-on
of I hf Secretary of War five hnn
drod mi'e awav. i to abnrl ro V" ea-beT- ly
conceived hv anybody b'lta mem-ber
of thi white feather party. It is n-- t
possible to carry on a (nmpain ir 'hi
way, While the cn'niv was ncring
with iior in pvcrv direction, our pnr
commander would b looUinj- - a'ix:ou-l- y
fo- - his expresses from Wnsliinton
Wbilfi t'le innrsents wpre firing bonseh
destioying Gelds, carrxinjf off r'mpe-t- y
and slaves of i'i'zen as th-- y have
done alrev'y in Mi-iou- 'i and K-ntuc- ky
and thus dcvasiating th? ccin-.ti- y and
leivins onr forces daily more helpless
ftfd cxpo-e- d our General wonll hs in-li'i- nf
d"srntchs, entreanng intrnc-ion- s
advising thoFaf--st course formes-"cngrs- ,
and rr.pnntime warding off as
wpII (is he "ould with bound hands, tho
blows his shrewder adversary was aim-ing
upon him.
-- A. vpry uortly gentleman recently
joinp.! the 'Home Guard. When the
drill sergea-i- t enst his eye down the
line he ex-dairae-d,
" What's that min
doinjr in' the ranks with a bass drum 1"
Ha (all to the rear.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Bjiy ard Taylor is now at his residence
at Kennett Square, l'a.
Senator Bright, of Indiana, will not
take his seat in the Federal congress,
at the approaching session.
Tom Sayers, ex-champ- ion of Eng-land,
it going to Paris, to astonish the
Frenchmen.
The aims which Gen. Fremont bought j
in Europe were : 2,000 rifles, 500 re- - I
vohct-- , 8 rifld cannon, with shnt and !
shell, ;uid 2,000,000 percussion caps.
The rifles were new and of the precise
pattern of the best standaid rifle in usa
in the French Army, and were mode at
Licgp, in Relgium.
The Louisville Journal says that a.
baod of Rebels went to Andy Johnson's
house to lnng him, and not'fituling him
at home, tky cut a hickory withe in the
wood and scourged with "it the body of
his wife. What punishment is too se-vere
lortheBe infernal brutes ?
Within a few days past, an agent
for a firm in Germany, has purchased
upwards of S35.0U0 woith of hides in
L" h icsgo Excli ange.
n his long been observed that there
weie bat few men who went to Chicao--0
but came away skinned.
C. S. A. One of our most profound
thinkers, after several days of severe stu--i- y
in divinaiiou of the meaning of the
iniee letters, C. S. A., came to the con-clusion
that it meant Confederated
ui. uiiug nui,iiiLuii, j uis inierpreta
tion is backed by the history of tho
' natives" that wear the badge.
A play designed upon tbesceneBa
Alexandria, and the murder of Colons
Ells-woit- h, is being dished up by the
Chicago Ti eatres.
The Yankee Scalpers is the name of
a company of Choctaw Indians enlisted
in the Confederate be nicevery char-acteristic.
Hon. R J "Walker is now in Wash-ington,
und sustains the Administration
with all his ability.
Mortimsr Thompson, "Doesticks"
his beonie temporal y chaplain of the
Twenty sixth New Yark volunteers,
Iln has "offijiated" tead pruycrs in
he aosenea of an official reader. He
is ulho corres2oud'!at of the Tribune.
A western editor says, "we would
--siy to the rascal who stjle our shirt off
the pole while we were in be waiting '
or it, to dry, that we sincerely hope the
oilar may cut his hioat.
Th Government has contracted for
the mauufijturt-- of a la-g- ,i number of
toe best bpriifield riried guns ; also
oieech-loadiugarm- s, to be made in this
c .uatry.
Full retums of the Maryland election
--bow but one rebel Senator anrl iv
delegates e'ected. The House stands ;
stity-eign- t Unon, and six rebels.
Col. Boyd's Regiment, (24th Mo
started for Springfield yesterday.
The great erpeclicion landed at Port
R'.yui without, (lifiicnlty, but at Beau-fort
the liht lasted tv.-o"dy- t,.
Capt. Thompson, bearer of a fluo- - of
tni.v. saw in the cet.el camp, BenAlc-Culloc- h,
Geuerals Price and McBride
jChoelonSetaltsMJcoinutronsahl., aJn.dVVC. apTtu. ckEemr,moeft
McDonald.
Washington. Nov. 9. The Govern-ment
has i-u-ed
pi-run- ts to parties in
Rhode Island to trade with loyalists on
the-Sonth.-
il n coast. Vessels are fitting - one'fothat purpose loaded with sup- ples or various kindb, among which is
s..! clothing;, and other articles of ne-cessity
which it is expected will be
oxclunged for cotton. This is a new reatnra in the Government's poHcy and
may lead to important results.
Major Johnson, Paymaster of the U.
fc- - A., is a greater curiosity than Bar-nnm- 's
big elephant. Ha has beea visit-e- d
since Saturday by over three thon-fcan- d
persons.

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ROLLA. PHELPS COUNTY. MISSOURI, No 10, 1861.
P" ' " M " MgMgjUiMgaM- - r 111 II l !! II TVWJW-MTrirWirwr- Wl I !!! miiiimmim
Written for tho Exr-KESS- .
ON SlUGD. v--'
To aid frn, to an'I fro, train?, tramp tramp ;
To i-- nd fro ! wly I go over my louely beat.
Arnun.l the slo 'pin.; camp.
Calm aid sfill 11 tho au umn nigM,
Tided ling jiince- - bug tUi Minnriims light,
And 'ho credent' mi n down tho western skies
Is i-lo- wly
i-ail- ing 1volu fight.
"Wuhiii. no iim-mun-uc
dm ia hoard
From ' b o c nop whire n then-an- d soldiers sleep
Wilhout,nu twircerol any bud;
No no'ses toVeafc tho tili-ne- c deep :
Siv-- : the oik I'mvoi' sih bi the Z'jphyr stirred
Ana tne Kiiyuia 5 q utuious pat'p.
Kvcs do your Juty now. fei-t,f.i-- oc nob to more
He.irt, rcui-'iub'- T civ pairi jt vow,
YuarV is ii duty of lnvc.
Tramp, trnip, train,, no pro-wlin-g
fpy nius
p.l 5.
TriRi;.), tramp, trunp, though a deadly missil
ai'rlijd
By stmio oo wardl v, creeping niVe in rhe grass
Slay ti iit--h mi life, nnil send mi!,!i ad!
To imothor beat in iin-.tlie- r world.
Well, it to ni.-h-t 1 m rhalienfrsd by
The ai.geli ihit gua d lho hexvenly lino,
J A moiher'-- . pr.ivers are rising that I
May h.ive theco utegi.
,Oni tht.ig 1 kn iw: it 1 aio t.-ni- ht,
! Asd wain a mora th 9 hj.nti ul eirth,
t I know 1 shall die in del-i- re ;' the right
! ot jt g--
. for irnat it is wor.h.
t Hxiittp, tr.ijji), trvino, ihoug'u the night grows
uni Jy and Jimp,
How cm I h.lii i' if ranimry sj"e3
.
B-wS-c
ro tne ti in 'i vrhero rl fri nds renoso
V ."Kin I U--ft for a nU'ii in iho nay.
lii.w .ai I holp is if mii'n.rles ro
And echo the pa---- t jc'.v ovit vg in?
Whilo tb.jl:u.-ten--i.r:l,vt,h.ij.,'!- H-i t'--at rm !
'uthsera'tdetcf wed. ' I; anient h'Vn buen."
Ah 1-b- .e h,".pv m iiwut. ta t u .to bjjii,
' OL ! iho I aptrer hours ill it mi it b:,
. Bin o'Uo I t-i- .i g:u a.'id I :hinii asua,
'j' : .r, it woul.i h ivo bo n a o i ivardly .im,
If Ih'iIu'!bou.nie a U. 3.V.
Tiua wo a m i a.-o!t!- ie f.it ind lot,
V. ii jtn .v I !7e r vrhi'ih'T fdio,
5f I hv it lhiOu;h, ail rijt. if not,
Hmj. friend-- , anlau thuret, j-.-- d Bye.
Camp Kolla, .Nov,9 'iil. Xt'aaKK 20
HOW A VOLUNTEER FEELS I3ST
i BATTLE.
Toe followinirgrap'iio iJescrip'.ion of
tho bitrlti cf jioutet-ey- , by returne.;
vd-.ter- n volunteer, way not be oac of
p'.-ic- e ht tlie present time.
' Thunder !' s -.- i I h -- , ' yoa may talk
aboiU your yciiihqQ'kes u;id tuu, bat,
1 can teli you whi, ou real, yiniwiiie
hcrimtaHge". lik-i-
- wo bad ''t Mouierey, is
worth alt the Fourth of .Julys that wu-- .
ev-j- r knocked in'o one. There ain't
nothin in cre-itso- a like ic. Gsuin tice
on biaady naAsheri makes a m.ia hoi
pretty cousiaiab!e eljvated lor awhile
it's very inspiriu for a man oijJivdy
imagination but if you waat Yd l'ei
talier than a shot tower, Ligw-- thau an
elephant, and stronger tbauajickai-.- -
if you want to ftel like you cuuid pull
uji a tree by the root-i- , and sweep all
c:eation into kingdom, cuiu iui the
bruchy ecnd if you want to sea further,
hear better, and holler louder, jump
higher, ana step further and qui.kei
than ever you did in your life all you'v-.-go- t
to do is jest to take a haad-orii- h old
Zick at theui infarnal ilexiwns, and be
ordered up )0 the pints of their lunoe
anl Layonets, like' we was at Monte-rey.'
Did vou feel skeered, Bob ?'
Sfceer'd, the thunder !' bays he, I,
didn't have no time to leel (keer'd. Tu
be sure, I felt a little skitiuh, when 1
6eed we was-gwine- to have it sureenuff.
Perhaps I did feel a little weak ia the
jinW when I eeed the oiiieers uubiittou-'in- g
their shirt collars, and the men
throwin away their canteens and haver-6ack- 8,
as they was marchia iita strait
tip to them ar works whar the grcaiets
was waitlu for ns,-ever-y
devil with his
gun pinled and bis finger on the trigger.
1 knowed they was gwine to let us have
it, and 1 felt monstrous 'unerby till it
,cum when 1 heard the ball- - whistle
round my hed, and eee the dust fly fiom
the pavement whar they struck, when
the whole btieet was in a bluzoof Hie,
and the men was tlroppin ronndjme like
sine-pin- s iu a ball alley after a tea strike
when the roaiiu of the cannons, the
rattlin of the muskets, the bpi'llin of the
nurses, and the shouts and groans -- of
the msn, was all mixed np, to 1 could --
tt't tell one fiom t'other, 1 never tho't
of nothin but gettin at. the curses what
was hid behind ifije "walls", and iubb.sh,
in the houses, on the roofs,' and in the
cellars, givin pertickler goss.'
' Yoa didn't feel 'i'raid nono i thin'
'--
x'd a lutle feUer, who hadn't shut his
mouth or took his eyes off the speaker
for tdi rainits.
"Fluid the mischief! How could I !
Wasn't old , ak thar, on his old milk
hos.s, prancing around 'mong the pla-toons
and columns a giviu' In's orders
like nothin' via the matter? Ah! boys,
game like his is ketchin jest like the
mea-sels- , and one look from old ack,
when he's got his dander up would
make a wom-i- n f-gh- t like a wild cat.
lie's the man to fisjht volunteers.
TWs no ned of asUndin' army when
he's in command, for he'd make the
giee;Yie- -t volunteers that ever shouldered
a mnakit stand ngin the whole Mexican
nation, lei on by a'l the ginerals they
cm muster. The boys know be don't
never Mu-rende-r,
.and .they don't think
of sich a thing themselves.'
CnriNo Before hs was hcbt, In
the Michigan First was a goo 1 natured
and jocose Irifhman, uamed P.it Salli-va- u.
Iu the early part of the battle of
B'dl Run, the hcid w&3 swept cloan off
one of his comiades in ba'tle, the.quiv
eiinr trunk staggering Pat in its tali.
At this he said nothing, but clenched
his teeth and nerved his heart for the
coirest. Soon after a spent ball diverg-ed
oil" a tree, struck and shattered the
liht forefinger ot'anotbet young rain,
who immediately tlirew aw.iv --hi mus-ket
and ran frantically round, shaking
tic wounded limb nnd crying tne whilo
Pat seeing him, ran and laid his hand
on his shoulder, oying out in a vo;ce
that was heard lond above the rattle of
mdl arms). " Blosht your sowl, you
owld woman, shtop your cryin' ! yot
m ike more noise about it than the man
tint losht his head !" Peace to the
asVes of poor Pat, he soon after unmnr-muringl- y
followed his headless com-lad- e.
A Oooi. Dutchmaw A cunning old
Dutchman was a member of the Pen-nsvlvan-i.
i
Legislature some years ago.
from county. On one occasion
he promised a loby member to vote for
a certain lo-'.a- l raeture ; but when the
bill cam-- up he voted against it, and- - it
ws los.t. The lohby member came to
hill in great wrath, and the following
coll qny ensued : '"Sir, you promised
to vote for my bill " Veil," haid the,
Dn'ch member, -- veil, vat if I did Vf
"Well, Mr. vou voted against it." ' Vk
vatifldhi?" 'VTeli, bir, you lied"
"veil, vat if I did ?" was the cool le-pl- y. r
"Where is the Flag ? It would seem
that i he Head Quarters of --this post
should Im adorned by the glorious em-blem
our beloved country.. One good
look at the good old ensign might have
a salutary effect upon --the rebellious
heaits of many who, perhaps, remem-ber
the days when we were all content
to abide by the lawsofoiir country,
and were ready to fight under one flag.
Many, who in iheir blindness have been
led astray, might be won back to the
nutria of lovaltv. hv its silent admoni.
tions. When iloses lifted the serpent
in the wilderness, the people looked up-on
it and were healed.
Segismnnd Fellner, one of a weal-thy
Jewish family residing at Mainz,
Germany, arrived in in this country a
few w-e- k- s'.nce, with 10,000 in gold
and 40,000 in watches and jewelry for
trade, and took lodging at preseott
EIou-e- , New York. On the 15 th u't.
he left the houte with his baggage, iu
company with another person unknown
to tne landlord, and that waa heard of
him. His qody has uow been" found
fl ja'.irjg.r in the Passaic river at Ivliddle-r- o
wri, N. J., bearing the marks of stabs
in twenty places. He was doubtless
decoyed away, murdered and robbed ;
aud the police are somewhat puzzled
how they may unravel, the mysteiy and
find the giutl parties.
'JIy son," said a desoendont of
St, Patrick, to the heir of his principles
and his stick "take this bhiilaleh, and
wheuever you see a fight, go in -- wheu-ever
you see a head hit ic. You Bee a
may not alwaye be'right, but 'tis better
to bo sometimes wrong than too late at
a shindy."
CUi.GiSIit'SEL'S EXPEDITION JO TEXAS COC&'Tl. ,'
jit We have been permitted to pern-- ;
the official report of Ool. N. irreusd
commander of .the 36th Regiment 111,
Voluuteers, and the leader of at ex-pedition
which left EoIIj, on Friday,
Nov. 1st. The expedition consoled o-forty-f-ive
Kansa9 Rangers, "under Oopt,
Wood, detachment3 of Cos. A and U
Cavalry, uud-j- r (7apt. Smith and Lxnr.
Sherer, detachments of Infantry from
Cna. R and R, all oF. riA T-hiivt,.J ;.l. .--
UNI
and 214 picked men from the 4th Iowa
under command of Major Eiigii.-di-, em-bracing
in all four hundred and seventv
two men. It was reported that Col
Tom Feeman and Capt. H. L-n- ox
were committing depredations upon
Union msn in Texas and Dent Coun-ties,
and the boys set out with a deter-mination
to bag a few, whuh they did.
On the 3 1. the Colonel found Spciie t
llitchtl, Quartermaster General iu Mc-Bride- 's
division. Capt. Wood's men
found Capt. Nichol of th? rebel army,
who had lost a leg at Wilson's Cieek
Steven A Taylor, Inspector Geneial of
McBride's Division, was made a pii-sonp- r
not far from G n. M:Bride's res-idence.
A llr. Maple, a rank seces-sionist,
was also taken prisoner with
five horses. A rebel Lieut, came for
ward and took the oath. Two fugitives
nameuj. "jno- a-tner uui uruutk.uiiuuriiH- -:m were
bhot dead after being called upoa f-ev- en
or eight times to halt. Capt. Burden'i
command captured a beaier ot letters
from McBride's camp, which contained
some interesting documents. Mis.
Hamilton Lenox was made a prisoner
at Maple's- - S'.ore. Sergeant Wilcox
made a prisoner of McSpadden, former
circuit clerk of that county, and a cip-tai- n
iii the C. S army. We make th
following extM'Jt from the rep ri :
Nov. 5th. The peoplb of Houston
were very much alarmed this morniag
at the sight of the Federal troop
thinking that the town was to bapi.la.
ed and burned, the womea dehveied
over to the lusts of the troops, an 1 th"
children murdered. So much for the
lying accounts brought to an ignorant,
misguided, bsckwoois peopl?, by ths-lyin- g
and treacherous destroyers of our
country's peace and prosperity.
Several women fainted through fear,
others hid in cellars and closets, many
collected together in g oups likj fright-ened
sheep, aud m.iny flt--d to the hous-es
of their nearest Union ne:g!.bors
thinking in them to find their only
caance oi protection irom tneirinuumau
invaders. Very great was the astonih-men- t
manifested by these people o.i
learning the "utter ground ietsness of
their fears, that our troops were kind-arhete- d
men, ti eating friend and un-armed
foe alike.
The Colonel commanding spent the
day in vuiting nearly every house in
the town, quieting the fears of the peo-ple,
and making friends to our troop--an- d
cause of nearly all the inhabitants
of the town men, women and children.
E-wl-y
this morning the glorious Flag
of the Union was placed upn the T'xa
County Court Honse, and the folio w-proclam- ation
issued:
PROCLAMATION.
Tothe people of the Town of Houston
and County of Texas, in the State
of Missouri.
I have this day placd upon your
heautiful Court House the '-Fl- ag of our
Union." I leave it in your charge and
I protection. If taken down by rebel
hands, I will return here and pillagd
eveiy honeui lown, owned by Seces- -
-- iouis. or tho-- e whose sympathies are
rilh tin? lebcls. Avy outrage ht'reaft.r
nnunitted upon Union men or their
'unities, will biretnmed upon Seces- -
ioui-i'.- s two-fol- d. All property taken
'otu U'lion m"n by lehelsin or out of
--.he county, muvt be rt turned imme-li- -
ttely. I hoie'-i-y srive the rebels ten days
o make good all the losses sustained bv
Union fani'lio in Texas County. . If
om plied with, peace will be ns'ore.d to
onr county. If neglected, the consa- -
pjences ba upon your own heads.
I ha'l s"n return to your oonnry,
and see that this proclamation is com
plied with t the letter.
If you wait for me to do ic, I will do
it with a vengeance.
N Gredseij,
Col. Commanriing Expedition.
Houston, Texas Co., Mo.,
November 5:h, 1S6L
Potomac and Buttermilk. An a-mu;i- ng
f-to- ry is told by some Dubuque
boys of the " Fiist" about the changes
which a certain password underwent
viout the time of the ban Is of Sring-riel- d.
One of the D.ibuque officers,
whose duty it was to finnuh thf guard
with a password for the night, gave th
word "Potomac." A German on guard,
not under-tandin- e HiViiic'ly th? liiffer-nc- e
between the B and P. undo-st'j- o 1
it to be "Bottomic," and this, in being
transferred to tnoth-'r- , vas corrupted to
BitTerndlk." Soon afterward, the
officer who had given the word wished
'o return through the !inr,s, aud ap-proaching
a-enti- nel, wascidered lo li-- lt,
and the word aemauaea. no gave--r- u
fomnc.."
"Nicht right you don't pass mit me
dis way."
"But this is the word and I willpacs "
"No, you stan," at the same time plac-ing
a b-ivon-e:
at his breast in a nvmner
that told Mr. Officer that "Potomac'
didn't pass in Missouri.
"Wmt i the word, then ?"
"Buttermilk, d n von."
"Well, then. Buttermilk, d n yon."
"Difis rght; now you pass rai:
youi self all about your hizaesi."
The joke became one of the laughablo
incidents of the campaign.
rjrVTT, v. MHITA"ftY LA..
The N Y. Eve Post scents the id?a of
confining military operation to the u-- e
2:cs of Civil Law. Thi writer savs, ri'l-'tar- y
operitiou to 'lie ivag's of c-iv- ii
lawThp writer sa'S mditrv law i "th
will of the commandr."fle savs. If the
fiomn'andinq; general hid atvry stp
tolcok at thi latest 'ct of Ciingrpss, and
the niomrit i-- s pvovi"ons did not cover
it eme-a:enc- v, if h" had lo stop thee
and then, and senl messetiErcvs to the
PK'sideit fr instructions lp misht a'
well, and indeed "nch bjttcr. pi ay at
homo. The qictniv of a comniand'T ma-kin- s:
sn attick ncoorrlins to wt of Ciin-r-e-- s,
rrststin tho cne'ny within the
limit nf ilio Pip.sidfnt'fi instrnntions.
spizing no advantage without re-mis-ci-on
of I hf Secretary of War five hnn
drod mi'e awav. i to abnrl ro V" ea-beT- ly
conceived hv anybody b'lta mem-ber
of thi white feather party. It is n-- t
possible to carry on a (nmpain ir 'hi
way, While the cn'niv was ncring
with iior in pvcrv direction, our pnr
commander would b looUinj- - a'ix:ou-l- y
fo- - his expresses from Wnsliinton
Wbilfi t'le innrsents wpre firing bonseh
destioying Gelds, carrxinjf off r'mpe-t- y
and slaves of i'i'zen as th-- y have
done alrev'y in Mi-iou- 'i and K-ntuc- ky
and thus dcvasiating th? ccin-.ti- y and
leivins onr forces daily more helpless
ftfd cxpo-e- d our General wonll hs in-li'i- nf
d"srntchs, entreanng intrnc-ion- s
advising thoFaf--st course formes-"cngrs- ,
and rr.pnntime warding off as
wpII (is he "ould with bound hands, tho
blows his shrewder adversary was aim-ing
upon him.
-- A. vpry uortly gentleman recently
joinp.! the 'Home Guard. When the
drill sergea-i- t enst his eye down the
line he ex-dairae-d,
" What's that min
doinjr in' the ranks with a bass drum 1"
Ha (all to the rear.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Bjiy ard Taylor is now at his residence
at Kennett Square, l'a.
Senator Bright, of Indiana, will not
take his seat in the Federal congress,
at the approaching session.
Tom Sayers, ex-champ- ion of Eng-land,
it going to Paris, to astonish the
Frenchmen.
The aims which Gen. Fremont bought j
in Europe were : 2,000 rifles, 500 re- - I
vohct-- , 8 rifld cannon, with shnt and !
shell, ;uid 2,000,000 percussion caps.
The rifles were new and of the precise
pattern of the best standaid rifle in usa
in the French Army, and were mode at
Licgp, in Relgium.
The Louisville Journal says that a.
baod of Rebels went to Andy Johnson's
house to lnng him, and not'fituling him
at home, tky cut a hickory withe in the
wood and scourged with "it the body of
his wife. What punishment is too se-vere
lortheBe infernal brutes ?
Within a few days past, an agent
for a firm in Germany, has purchased
upwards of S35.0U0 woith of hides in
L" h icsgo Excli ange.
n his long been observed that there
weie bat few men who went to Chicao--0
but came away skinned.
C. S. A. One of our most profound
thinkers, after several days of severe stu--i- y
in divinaiiou of the meaning of the
iniee letters, C. S. A., came to the con-clusion
that it meant Confederated
ui. uiiug nui,iiiLuii, j uis inierpreta
tion is backed by the history of tho
' natives" that wear the badge.
A play designed upon tbesceneBa
Alexandria, and the murder of Colons
Ells-woit- h, is being dished up by the
Chicago Ti eatres.
The Yankee Scalpers is the name of
a company of Choctaw Indians enlisted
in the Confederate be nicevery char-acteristic.
Hon. R J "Walker is now in Wash-ington,
und sustains the Administration
with all his ability.
Mortimsr Thompson, "Doesticks"
his beonie temporal y chaplain of the
Twenty sixth New Yark volunteers,
Iln has "offijiated" tead pruycrs in
he aosenea of an official reader. He
is ulho corres2oud'!at of the Tribune.
A western editor says, "we would
--siy to the rascal who stjle our shirt off
the pole while we were in be waiting '
or it, to dry, that we sincerely hope the
oilar may cut his hioat.
Th Government has contracted for
the mauufijturt-- of a la-g- ,i number of
toe best bpriifield riried guns ; also
oieech-loadiugarm- s, to be made in this
c .uatry.
Full retums of the Maryland election
--bow but one rebel Senator anrl iv
delegates e'ected. The House stands ;
stity-eign- t Unon, and six rebels.
Col. Boyd's Regiment, (24th Mo
started for Springfield yesterday.
The great erpeclicion landed at Port
R'.yui without, (lifiicnlty, but at Beau-fort
the liht lasted tv.-o"dy- t,.
Capt. Thompson, bearer of a fluo- - of
tni.v. saw in the cet.el camp, BenAlc-Culloc- h,
Geuerals Price and McBride
jChoelonSetaltsMJcoinutronsahl., aJn.dVVC. apTtu. ckEemr,moeft
McDonald.
Washington. Nov. 9. The Govern-ment
has i-u-ed
pi-run- ts to parties in
Rhode Island to trade with loyalists on
the-Sonth.-
il n coast. Vessels are fitting - one'fothat purpose loaded with sup- ples or various kindb, among which is
s..! clothing;, and other articles of ne-cessity
which it is expected will be
oxclunged for cotton. This is a new reatnra in the Government's poHcy and
may lead to important results.
Major Johnson, Paymaster of the U.
fc- - A., is a greater curiosity than Bar-nnm- 's
big elephant. Ha has beea visit-e- d
since Saturday by over three thon-fcan- d
persons.